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The White Tower

Artist:Al Schmidt
Date:1952
Medium:Oil on Illustration Board
Dimensions:Framed: 19.5" x 29" | Sight Size: 15.25" x 24.5"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Cover Art for The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman
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The artist’s initials lower right and corner frame profile

 

The White Tower (included in sale)

This is an exciting, fresh-to-the-market paperback book cover illustration by Al Schmidt for the 1952 Cardinal Complete Book Edition of The White Tower by James Ramsey Ullman. The text slug on the paperback reads, “Five men and one woman gazed upward at Weissturm – The White Tower – hypnotized by the beckoning shadows that played across the the mountain’s icy peak. No one spoke. Each knew that he must conquer the mountain or die.” A clean, complete copy of the published paperback is included in the sale!

Detail

 

Detail

 

Framed view in original wide profile gold painted frame

 

Verso view of Whatham Drawing Board

 

Verso notations detail

The White Tower

Artist: Al Schmidt

Filed Under: Paperback & Pulp Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, Golden Age, illustration, lurid, original cover art, original illustration art, paperback, pulp
Added to Gallery: June 3, 2019

 

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